From: Gawnsoft <xlucid@...>
Date: 2003-08-21T22:53:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Why would you abandon Ruby? (was)

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 21:55:37 +0900, Dave Thomas <Dave@pragprog.com>
wrote (more or less):

>
>>
>I'll turn the question back to you.  Are you personally willing to 
>assess
>> the pros and cons of Ruby objectively?  Although you may have already
>> answered, since you said you're tired of the talking.
>>
>
>I don't believe that there _is_ an objective comparison of the two 
>languages, any more than there's an objective comparison of (say) 
>French and English.  You can produce dry descriptions of the history of 
>the language, and statistics on usage, and so on, but there's no 
>meaningful way to say which is better.

English is richer and more expressive, due to it's /much/ larger
vocabulary.

French is easier to learn, as it has a much smaller vocabulary, and
much more regular verb-set.

As with everything, 'better' depends on what aspects you wish to
evaluate on.


>So, it would seem to be a subjective decision: which is better for 
>_you_, in your current circumstances? The community will certainly be 
>here to help as you investigate that question, but I honestly can see a 
>way that it can answer it for you.


Cheers, 
   Euan
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